Word: pass
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Spurred on by Governor Saltonstall's promise to sign the repealer if it reaches his desk, proponents of the bill to kill the law were confident that the measure would pass safely to its second reading. While the voting in past years has cut across party lines, it is believed that Republican strength in the House will be sufficient to send the bill to the Senate...
Wilbert Lee ("Pass the Biscuits Pappy") O'Daniel, radio whooper and flour salesman, last week further differentiated his new career as Governor of Texas from that of other Governors by granting to a chair-condemned murderer a 30-day reprieve for an unusual reason. Governor O'Daniel, reprieved Negro Murderer Winzell Williams, who killed a 63-year-old white dairyman, because, said the Governor, few punishments could be worse than "to see certain death staring you in the face day & night for 30 days." When Texans protested his cruelty, Governor O'Daniel explained he sought to arouse...
...less panicky was the Spanish Government in its retreat. Loyalist President Manuel Azaña passed over the border on foot. President Luis Companys of Catalonia and his government got to safety. So did President Jose Antonio de Aguirre of the now non-existent Basque Republic. Premier Dr. Juan Negrin stuck it out until the last minute, then took to a mountain pass to France. The last of his ministers were shortly on his heels...
...Crimson Captain Austle Harding, who played his usual brilliant game, and Sherman Gray, who has seen little action up to now, were the scorers. Harding's goal came in the middle of the first period, when he took a pass from Joe Patrick around the visitors' defense and beat goalie Tom Stockhausen on a beautiful angle shot...
...John J. Hallahan Memorial Trophy for the outstanding performance of the meet. Joe Donnelly, Franny King, and Don Donahue complete the mile quartet. Donahue, normally a hurdler, replaced Hobart Lerner in a surprise move this week. All Hanlon, Jack McCluse, Joe Bradley, and Ros Brayton will pass the baton in the two mile event...